Ada Lovelace Writes Notes on the Analytical Engine

Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, translated Luigi Menabrea's article on Charles Babbage's proposed Analytical Engine from French to English, appending seven extensive notes labeled A through G. Published in Taylor's Scientific Memoirs under the initials AAL, her annotations tripled the length of the original text. Note G contained a step-by-step algorithm for computing Bernoulli numbers using the machine. Her notes also explored the engine's potential applications beyond arithmetic, including music composition and symbolic manipulation.